In the coming years, ARoS – with generous support from the A.P. Moller Foundation – will invest substantially in access to the museum's collection displays for the benefit of broad audiences and future generations.    

The A.P. Møller Foundation supports ARoS to revitalise the framework of the collection displays and to strengthen the communication and the accessibility of the collection for even more people.    

A complete rehang and redesign of the two collection galleries – which today surveys the collection exhibitions Human Nature and ARoS Collection: 1960 – now – can be realised with this generous support. The galleries will be designed to be more flexible, making it possible to dedicate areas of the exhibitions to individual artists, art historical subjects or timely narratives for shorter or longer periods.     

"We receive the grant with heartfelt gratitude. A cornerstone in ARoS's 10-year vision plan is a comprehensive rethinking of the museum's collection, its visibility and its importance to the museum's future," says museum director Rebecca Matthews, adding  

"With a more flexible design, we will be able to rehang the exhibitions more frequently and to show far more works from our collection to the benefit of all ARoS audiences. This donation enables a renewed focus on the museum's collection, and in the process we hope to contribute to a best practice plan for collection development in Denmark."  

About ARoS   

ARoS is an international art museum located in Aarhus. With five galleries and an entire floor dedicated to immersive installations, ARoS offers an inclusive space for recalibrating the past, negotiating the present, and imagining the future through art.    

ARoS’ collection of modern and contemporary art contains more than 8.000 works including masterpieces by Danish and international artists. The collection features iconic installations such as Olafur Eliasson’s Your rainbow panorama and Ron Mueck’s sculpture Boy. From 2025, visitors can also experience James Turrell’s largest and most ambitious Skyspace to date; The Dome, a skyspace by James Turrell, adding yet another dimension to our artistic landscape.    

Each year, ARoS hosts six to eight major exhibitions alongside a rich public engagement programme to celebrate renowned national and international artists. Our bold, adventurous, and international outlook has led to groundbreaking exhibitions featuring artists including J.W.M. Turner, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Franciska Clausen, Salvador Dalì, Asger Jorn, Per Kirkeby, Jenny Holzer, Bill Viola, Mariko Mori, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Sze among others.    

More than 600.000 visitors come to ARoS annually for immersive art experiences, to shop in the ARoS Butik, eat in the ARoS Café or Orangery or simply enjoy our iconic architecture and location.  

The attached press images may be used freely with due photo credit: Installation photo: Human Nature, ARoS. Foto: Ole Hein Pedersen © ARoS, 2017.  

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